Inverted representation of the original painting. Correct on a stamp from Peru.

1967

Trained oxes to pull the plow synchroneously ?

1968

Bobsleigh with three people was not a competition at the Grenoble Winter Olympics.

1970

In this 'flaming sun' the number of threads are supposed to match the number of coutries in CEPT, 24 at the time the common issue of this stamp was conceived, but before the stamp was issued Jugoslavia and Malta also joined, so there should have been 26 threads (France and Andorra got it right).

1971

Wrong : EXTRAJEROS - Correct : EXTRANJEROS

1972

What a bad technique, certainly not a winners jump !

1976

These boxers would have been disqualified at the Olympic Games, as protection vests are obligatory for amateur boxing events

1976

This stamp of 1976 commemorates the 200th anniversary of the American Constitution, which was not signed until September 17th 1787.

1977

The Judo worldchampionship, foreseen in September 1977 in Barcelona, was cancelled for political reasons.

1979

This is not the ACTINIA EQUINA, but the ANEMONIA SULCATA. Correct on the stamp from Monaco.

1981

Planes without engines

1981

As the front of one of the skis is curved, one could expect that the other one should be curved too.

1986

Wrong : loquitud - Correct : loquitur.

1990

Wrong representation of the Olympic rings

1995

The colours of this rainbow have nothing in common with a real one.

2010

The designers of this stamp used without permission a photo from a professional photographer, who complained about it.